IP: End of thread : Re: Outlook 2002 -- we ARE told and CAN peek

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 19:26:45 -0500
> From: Robert Raisch <info () raisch com>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Cc: ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com, bporter () theideasgroup com,
>    howard () idealab com
> Subject: Re: IP: Outlook 2002 -- we ARE told and CAN peek
>
> Dave,
>
> My comments regarding Microsoft Outlook 2000 still stand.
> While Bob Porter is indeed correct, it is possible to view the source of 
> the HTML document encapsulated within a mail message,  in Outlook 2000, 
> the actual textual source of the mail message itself is not visible, nor 
> can it be gotten to programmatically.  If there is a way to view the 
> message before it has been interpreted within the Outlook 2000 message 
> window, I have yet to find it.  So, I cannot peek.
>
> The multiple messages I received including the Microsoft Nimba-E Virus did 
> not indicate they had any attachments, even though each had a 
> misidentified executable binary contained within.  So, I am not told, either.
>
> I'll reiterate my contention that lacking indication of an attachment, no 
> foreknowledge of a message's contents and the automatic activation of what 
> appears as an attached sound file but which is, in reality, an executable 
> binary, Outlook 2000 is too dangerous to use.
>
> Several people have also commented that most of the Microsoft viral 
> beastiary can be easily slain before they become a problem, through 
> diligent software updates and sophisticated management of firewall rules.
> I'm sure that comes as great solace to the millions of consumers who lack 
> the knowledge or financial resources to maintain such useful technical 
> prophylaxis.
>
> The rest of us will have to suffer.
>
> /rr  (now, happily Microsoft-free)


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